Words Seldom Seen Words Seldom Seen: Whitesmith SimonNovember 18, 20210 Whitesmith Noun: A person who make things out of tin. Example: "The whitesmith snipped tin to make an exhaust...
Maxims Meritocracy? SimonNovember 17, 20210 “Your faith that American society is a meritocracy is probably directly proportional to how close you are to the...
Maxims Phantoms SimonNovember 16, 20210 “Passions are more easily stirred by phantoms than by realities.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria...
Maxims Good Deeds SimonNovember 15, 20210 "The 'joy' received by doing a good deed is the only reward that won't lessen it." Seneca This is one of a...
Ideas Writing Well SimonNovember 13, 20210 "When I am writing well, it’s as if nothing is going on at the intellectual level. It is all happening at the...
Immigration Immigration Overall SimonNovember 12, 20210 "Overall immigration in America has worked out extremely well." Ben Wattenberg in...
Words Seldom Seen Words Seldom Seen: Vitrine SimonNovember 11, 20210 Vitrine Noun: A glass or plexiglass display case. The display is waiting for the vitrine to be...
Maxims Truths SimonNovember 10, 20210 "The world is full of incidental truths that have no effect on the story." George Sanders from : A Swim in a...
DECLINE Panic SimonNovember 9, 20210 “One can usually panic about only one or two things at a time.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria...
Maxims Discretion SimonNovember 8, 20210 "If you want people to speak well of you, do not speak well of yourself." Blaise Pascal This is the...